1893
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mother and Child, No. 2 is a 1893 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman holding a baby, both seated on a bench. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried drawing. The background is just a few faint strokes—no extra details. The artist used a simple tool to make this: a lithograph, which means the image was drawn directly on a smooth stone before being printed. The rough edges and smudges give it a sketchy, unfinished feel. Next, look up lithography to see how this printing method works.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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